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/m/ is the 4chan board for all things giant robots. Sometimes it's also about small robots. Sometimes it's also about spaceships. Sometimes it's also about guys in rubber suits that look like robots. If it's even remotely mechanical in some form, chances are it's /m/-related.
Overview
/m/ is primarily a board for talking about mecha anime/manga, although many different topics frequent the board as well as long as it's vaguely Sci-Fi. Topics range from Super Robots (Gigantic superhero-like robots with special techniques such as rocket punches and blazing swords), Real Robots (Smaller mass-produced robots with more militaristic loadouts such as rifles and grenades), Power Armor (Human-sized bodysuits filled with strength-enhancing mechanical bits), and many other topics like space battleships, kaiju, and Gundam models.
Mecha in /tg/
Although not as common as elves or orcs, robots and other mechanical things do pop up quite frequently in various /tg/ media. Below is a list of some of the more well-known examples of mecha and /m/-related factions in /tg/-related media.
- Warhammer 40,000 - Robots of a wide range of shapes and sizes appear in the 40K universe, used by many different races/factions.
- Space Marines: The many legions of Adeptus Astartes deploy a variety of Dreadnoughts with many different patterns and weapons to chose from. Notable Dreads include Tankred and Bjorn. The Grey Knights make use of their faction-exclusive Dreadknights, although they do look quite silly doing so.
- Imperial Titans: The Imperium of Man's Titans tower over any battlefield they should come across, ranging between huge, HUGE, and HUGE varieties.
- Adeptus Mechanicus: The Adeptus Mechanicus is about as close as you'll get to finding a personification of /m/ in the 40k universe. Asides from their various battle-bots the Mechanicus also use Dunecrawlers and Chicken Walkers. The various cybernetic troops of the Mechanicus such as the Skitarii, Servitors, and Techpriests are also pretty fucking /m/.
- Imperial Guard: While the Astra Militarum is primarily made up of guardsmen and tanks, they do make use of the Sentinel, a pretty basic chicken-walker.
- Chaos Space Marines: Like their Emperor-aligned counterparts, Chaos Space Marines make similar use of Chaos Dreadnoughts/Helbrutes within their numbers. Many Titans also defected during the Horus Heresy and are still used by the Chaos Legions.
- Orks: The Greenskins are adept at throwing together many a machine from whatever they can find lying around. Notable orky mechs include the Killa Kan, the Deff Dred, The Gorkanaut/Morkanaut, The Stompa, and the Gargant.
- Eldar: Similar to how Dreadnoughts are "piloted" by near-dead Marines, Wraithguards are constructs containing the souls of fallen Aeldari warriors. There are a few variants of the Wraithguard, including the always angry Wraithblades and the massive Wraithknights. The Eldar also have their own Titans.
- Tau: Designed from the ground up to appeal to the average Weeaboo, the Tau and their Battlesuits would be the defacto /m/ 40k faction if the Adeptus Mechanicus didn't exist. The most common Battlesuits you'll see on the tabletop are the XV-8 Crisis Battlesuit and the XV104 Riptide Battlesuit. Commander Farsight, he is a Char!
- Necron: While the Necron don't pilot any giant robots, being zombie-terminator-egyptians is good enough to being /m/.
- BattleTech - The premiere western mech tabletop game, even if most of its designs from the game's early years originated from anime like Dougram. The most famous war machines in the setting are BattleMechs and their OmniMech offspring.
- Gamma Wolves - Imagine if you will, Mordheim but if he mecha.
- Jovian Chronicles - DP9's space mecha combat game and resident gundam expy.
- Heavy Gear - A wargame sort of like BattleTech that also has some video games and cartoons, the mechs in this are similar to the Armored Troopers seen in the VOTOMs series.
- Mechaton/Mechaton Titan - Another wargame similar to Battletech, but you design your own minis out of Lego. See also: Mobile Frame Zero.
- MechaTop - A crowd funded war game centered around /m/ related models and figures on various sized bases.
- Mekton - A mecha-themed pen-and-paper RPG with pretty loose rules, leading to all kinds of hot-blooded shenanigans.
- Magic: The Gathering - Various /m/ aspects include the sad-robot Karn, the Bio-mechanical menace of Phyrexia, and the many artifact-focused Planes such as Mirrodin and Kaladesh.
- Yu-Gi-Oh - What, of course a Japanese card game is going to throw some giant robots into the mix. Some notable /m/ archetypes include Ancient Gears, A-to-Z, Masked HEROs, Super-Quantum, and Synchrons.
- Cardfight!! Vanguard - Another CCG from Japan, this one is slightly more /m/-related than Yu-Gi-Oh due to the Dimensional Police clan being OBARI AS FUCK.
/m/ and /tg/
/m/ and /tg/ have a storied history with one another, being one of the homes of 40K threads before the creation of /tg/ during 4chan's early years. Whether it be arguing about how an Emperor Battle Titan can take on a Evangelion or the logistics of declaring Exterminatus on [[Transformers}Unicron]], both /m/ and /tg/ share the same brand of autism when it comes to their respective franchises. Also worth mentioning is ZeonQuest, a long-running Gundam-themed quest that's worth a read.
The two boards also associate well with their fellow FLGS compatriots /co/ and /toy/, taking part in regular friendly matches during the 4chan cup.
Gallery
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A variety of /m/ video games including Battletech, Front Mission, and others.
See Also
- Board-tans/m
- Belisarius Cawl (The augmented cyborg /m/ wishes they were)